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eltristan · 7 months

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#denver and rio grande western #locomotive #railroad #my edit #late afternoon sun #tunnel motors #sd40t-2 #color balancing maybe?

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ice-to-orange-blossoms · 10 months

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California Zephyr by Howard Fogg

#i love the CZ so much #and especially the Grande's power for it #California Zephyr #trains #Denver & Rio Grande Western #chessie chats

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emeraldexplorer2 · 1 month

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Denver & Rio Grande Western No. 6001 ALCO PA1 (1947) & Yampa Valley Mail at the D&RGW Depot at Steamboat Springs, Colorado on 1961

#vintage #vintage americana #railroad #railway #train #locomotive #denver & rio grande western #denver and rio grande western #d&rgw #steamboat springs #colorado #1961

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collinthenychudson · 9 months

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Towing an Eastbound manifest towards Denver, Colorado is Rio Grande 5371 and two other SD40T-2 "Tunnel Motors" as the train rumbles along through Grand County, Utah. No. 5371 would later find life working under Southern Pacific and Union Pacific with out being patched or renumbered. It was retired in March 8th, 2008 and was then donated to the Utah State Railroad Museum where the locomotive remains today.

Models and Route by: Jointed-Rail, Auran, and Download Station

#EMD #EMD SD40T-2 #SD40T-2 #Tunnel Motor #D&RGW #Denver & Rio Grande Western #Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad #Rio Grande #Diesel Locomotive #Trainz Simulator #Trains

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acarefullycuratedmess · 2 years

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Royal Gorge

#Bridge #DRGW #Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad #RR #Railroad #Retro #Rio Grande Railroad #Royal Gorge #Royal Gorge High Bridge #Vintage

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autotrails · 3 months

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American Auto Trail-Roosevelt Midland Trail (Green River to Wellington UT)

American Auto Trail-Roosevelt Midland Trail (Green River to Wellington UT) https://youtu.be/L5IVJqpNxHA This American auto trail explores a long stretch of U.S. Highway 6 in central Utah, between Green River and Wellington.

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#4K #american history #Auto trail #Book Cliffs #Denver #driving video #green river #railroad #Rio Grande Western #road travel #slow travel #utah

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20th-century-railroading · 6 months

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D&RGW movie train westbound double-headed locomotives on a freight train pass movie set at hobo's shack "Limited Mail" Warner Brothers

Actors and crew watch a Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad locomotive pass the location shoot of the Warner Brother's film, "Limited Mail," in the Royal Gorge of the Arkansas River, Fremont County, Colorado. 1925

#d&rgw #rio grande #1925 #trains #freight train #history #royal gorge #colorado #limited mail #warner bros #movie set

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primerjohn · 2 months

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A long and narrow diorama at the California State Railroad Museum in Sacramento, this display may appear simpler than some of the others I have featured, but the crafting here is still that of a master. The trees in particular are genuine wood, converted to take on the roles from which they had been gathered from (now that was a mouthful).

Chama, NM

This Chama, New Mexico layout is modeled after the actual Denver & Rio Grande Western’s narrow gauge Chama yard and engine facility, circa 1955.

Today this yard and engine facility serves the popular Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad. Many of the structures in this diorama were built from scratch, known as “scratch built” structures, because no kits existed for them. Notice the depot, roundhouse, coaling tower, and vegetation in this layout.

Bill Peter and Jim Booth

Bill Peter, owner of Peter Built Locomotive Works (PBL), and Jim Booth designed and built the Chama, NewMexico layout to show the advantages of S scale narrow gauge trains taking less room. For many years Bill and Jim took this layout to numerous train shows and conventions around the U.S. to promoteS scale narrow gauge trains.

#miniatures #minipainting #painting #miniature painting #terrain #terrain inspiration #painting terrain #diorama #railroad museum #scale model railroad #scale model #model railway #model railroad #railroad #railway

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guerrerense · 2 months

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Cataract Falls por William Diehl Por Flickr: www.bigdiehlphoto.com/Trains/Durango/DSNG-The-2010s-/i-zs... Trying to find some photos to try and open my Etsy store, I realize 'Holy crap, I don't have this on Flickr...?' Anyways, it's May of 2009, and the runoff in Colorado's San Juan Mountains is high as the first scheduled (albeit, unscheduled in the regular timetable) train enters Baker's Park and Silverton on the first of May. The following day will bring upon the return of the regularly scheduled train, but today, we find K-28 #473, built for the Denver and Rio Grande Western eighty-six years earlier by the American Locomotive Works (ALCO) in 1923.

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siderods · 2 months

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OC Post 8 - The Traveller

Another possible Doozy, The Traveller is an episodic anthology universe where every "Episode" centers around its own self-contained story, with the linking factor being a mysterious steam engine known only as Mutt. Because of the nature of this universe, i'll jot down a description of each "Episode" and then describe the characters. So let's begin!

"Chomping At The Bit" - The introductory episode. A Sharknose diesel has somehow found his way to the Rio Grande, and he desperately wants a promotion from his current lowly position. Mutt decides to help the poor engine by mentoring him on some basics for a few days, but also not letting the shark grow attatched to him. The episode contains a few vauge hints to Mutt's mysterious past and why he's a drifter.

"The Amazing Technicolor Paint Job" is a very loose adaptation of the musical of a similar name. Joseph gets a new coat of paint with some interesting properties, but it leads to him being exiled by the others out of jealousy until it saves them all big time by providing a temporary tourist draw when the freight work dries out. In the story, Mutt consoles the exiled switcher and helps him take pride in himself once more, before leaving with a mysterious warning about the upcoming crisis.

"Brotherly Love" - A PRR M1 named Maxwell is being followed by one of his deceased siblings for no apparent reason. Maxwell unravels the mystery behind his deceased sibling, and confronts him on the bridge. Mutt shows up as cameos throughout the episode but most notably appears near the end when he pushes a line of cars into the posessed M1, stunning it and saving the MC, who was about to get cronched. After that, the Entity is banished and the dead M1 is properly put to rest.

"High Class Pooch" - When Mutt comes across a particularly rough-riding P30CH, he takes it upon himself to help the poor engine out, while also accidentally revealing some interesting truths about his own past.

"Hound Dog" - A 50's story of a bitter rivalry between two Union Pacific giants - a Big Boy and a first generation GTEL. The two engines are very competitive over the concept of modernization, with Mutt initially helping the Big Boy as the two try to prove the other as a fraud. However, when the Big Boy tries to get Mutt to directly sabotage the GTEL, it reminds him of some of the reasons he gave up his old life, and Mutt, seeing the writing on the wall for both of them, leaves to two to quarrel on their own.

Some of the characters appearing in these stories are as follows:

Mutt - This engine is like a weird stray that keeps turning up in random places, a mysterious drifter who usually does a valiant act before disappearing somewhere else before he can be fully identified or rewarded. Some say that he has a secret hideout or a home base to fall back on, but nobody has found it yet.

Reese - An enthusiastic but troubled diesel that Mutt comes to the assistance of, this Sharknose becomes a fish out of water upon inexplicably ending up on the Denver & Rio Grande Western. While eager to prove his worth, he has issues applying himself to his work, which he ultimately overcomes.

Joseph - A small diesel switcher graced with a unique paint scheme that has interesting properties around cameras. Despite being humble and agreeable, his coworkers eject him from their shed until he proves his worth when a decline in goods traffic makes his unique draw become the only thing to keep their railroad afloat.

Rueben & Simeon - A 45 tonner and a Model 40 respectively, these two were rather jealous and stand-offish when Joseph received his new paint, going so far as to kick him out of the roundhouse they lived in.

Maxwell - A rather regular M1 still reeling from the sudden loss of his brother, Maxwell soon finds himself entangled in a plot of posessons, ghosts, and demonic entities. He soldiers his way through and is ultimately able to find peace for himself and his brother.

Marley - Formerly Maxwell’s closest brother, Marley unfortunately suffered a catastrophic internal mechanical defect and passed away suddenly. After becoming a restless spirit when his dead body was taken over by a strange entity to stalk his brother, he is eventually able to pass on in peace when the entity is banished and his brother is able to come to terms with his passing.

The Entity - An entity taking on Marley’s body, preventing his soul from being properly put to rest. His motivations for stalking Maxwell are unknown, but he is swiftly vanquished regardless.

Papillion - Another troubled diesel that we see Mutt assist, this P30CH is very eager to work but struggles with getting excited and distracted, leading to derailments.

With all the charactes out of the way, have a super duper secret lore moment!

"..."

"Y'know, I was a high-class pooch once."

"Wasn't the life for me. Too many.. fake people."

"I don't mind my current lot one bit."

"Because what I do now is real work."

To end off, have a Cronchy photo of Mutt.

I hope you enjoy these guys. I have so many ideas with this concept.

P.S: Very ironic that the character who canonically does funny things to cameras is also messing with tumblr's formatting lol

#busted's oc posts #ttte oc #Does this even count as a ttte oc anymore??#Mutt #The Traveller

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aryburn-trains · 1 year

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Denver and Rio Grande Western Railway Company (D&RGW) Troop Extra in an S-curve near Plainview, CO. 1945

#troop train #d&rgw #rio grande #1945 #trains #passenger train #history #plainview #colorado

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eltristan · 9 months

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TUNNEL #29

Looking at some random downloads, realized a common theme was that Tunnel #29 is The. Cutest. Tunnel.

The 2% grade from Denver up to the Moffat Tunnel crawls through South Bend Canyon (along South Bend Creek) with superfluous tunnels and a surfeit of sharp curves, thanks to the mandate of then-Chief Engineer H.A. Sumneso who surveyed the Moffat Route's well-nicknamed "tunnel district" at bountiful π/1 ratio of rail to "as the crow flies" distance as he tried every trick not to make it steeper than 2%

A blasted rock bore barely 78 feet in length, tight-clearance Tunnel 29 on the Moffat Route is at milepost 36.38 and sandwiched between one of Sumneso's super-tight 12° cruves and the "curved bridge with no name" over South Bend Creek (which is officially named "Bridge 36.45" after it's milepost location) The feature on the creek's right bank seems to be locally nicknamed the Gibraltar Cliffs, from whence railfans look down on the tiny trains below.